At this moment, all the new students participating in the assessment have gathered outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower.
But at that very moment, the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower was shut down.
There was no other way; Ling Yi and his three companions not only cleared out the monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower, but also closed the dungeon Teleport Gate on each floor of the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower.
In other words, there are no more monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower now, except for the 99th floor.
At this moment, Ling Yi is clearing the 99th floor of the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower.
Since there are no monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower, the second assessment for these new students naturally needs to be changed.
Situ Cheng simply announced that the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower assessment for all other new students was cancelled.
We'll proceed directly to the third match.
The rules remain unchanged, and the competition continues until the final 1,000 are determined.
In this way, the new students, who were initially somewhat resentful, were naturally appeased.
Skipping an assessment is naturally a great benefit for these freshmen.
Meanwhile, Ling Yi and his group had already cleared out all the monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower.
A level 100 Nether Prefecture Demon Dragon.
Monsters of this level are simply too difficult for current professionals to defeat.
Let alone newcomers, even members of the Church of Darkness, apart from the big boss Jiang Yunhui, cannot defeat it.
But Ling Yi is different.
This guy's stats are ridiculously overpowered right now. With the double buff, even if Ling Yi doesn't use any skills, he's invincible just based on his base stats.
At this moment, White Moon's level and equipment have also increased.
Their strength is about the same as Zirui and the others.
However, starting from the 40th floor, the three women were basically just playing a minor role.
It wasn't that they couldn't kill level 40 monsters, but Ling Yi thought they were too slow.
"It's been almost five minutes, why hasn't Ling Yi come out yet!" White Moon said worriedly, looking in the direction of the dungeon Teleport Gate.
"Don't worry, Ling Yi is incredibly powerful now. He's cleared countless dungeons above level 100!"
"See, it's out there, isn't it?"
Having cleared those 99 dungeons and leveled up a few more times, Ling Yi was in a good mood.
He then left the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower with the three women.
These copies could all pose a threat in the future.
Once the world is fully digitized, these 99 worlds will become channels for other worlds to defend against invasion.
Even if these instances are closed now, the subsequent 99 worlds will not be able to be reopened.
Now that everyone knows you exist, opening these new instances is no different from opening World Passage and letting others invade.
In other words, 99 worlds were lost.
However, this has little to do with Ling Yi.
In any case, the World Consciousness of this world isn't exactly benevolent either, attempting to infiltrate other worlds through datafication, and then control and annex them.
They have huge ambitions!
The World Consciousness benefits Ling Yi, Ling Yi does some dirty work for the World Consciousness; it's a win-win situation.
Once outside the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower, there was no one left.
Only the burly armored man at the entrance remained; he was the Ninth Elder of the Church of Darkness.
"The arena competition has begun, and we're waiting for you. Follow me!" the Ninth Elder said in a deep voice.
Ling Yi paused, a hint of Taunt flashing across his face.
The Data Ball provided Ling Yi with a brand-new visual effect: the Red Name Special Effect.
The so-called "Red Name Special Effect" refers to the fact that when a target has murderous intent towards you, you will be displayed in a red name hostile state.
Not only this armored giant, but all the staff members of the Professional Academy they saw around were in a red-name state.
Ling Yi said to the three women, "In the upcoming arena match, you should all voluntarily concede."
"Why? We've been traveling all day and just wasting time being Bored. We're hoping the arena match will be fun!" Zirui said, frowning.
"Don't worry, there's going to be a fight later!"
The three women were somewhat bewildered, but they also sensed that something big was about to happen.
Either Ling Yi is causing trouble, or the Professional Academy is causing trouble.
For Zirui, as long as there's a fight, that's all that matters.
Ziying and White Moon didn't seem to care much about fighting. Ziying used to be an undercover agent in the Church of Darkness, although his infiltration efforts weren't very effective.
Every month, he also had to take on some hunting missions. Even though the targets were not good people, hunting others eventually caused Ziying some psychological problems.
Therefore, after each hunt, she would stay at home for a considerable period of time to adjust her mental state.
Her older sister, Zirui, was the complete opposite.
This guy is fearless and always looking for trouble; his favorite thing is Combat.
During this period, due to constantly running dungeons and Ling Yi's suppression, my innate personality has been hidden.
Unfortunately, being by Ling Yi's side, he really didn't have many opportunities to show his abilities.
As for White Moon, she has no opinions of her own and just goes with the flow.
By the time Ling Yi and the others followed the Ninth Elder into the arena, the arena competition had already been underway for some time.
All thirty-six arenas are already filled with Combat.
Ling Yi and his team found a seat near the back and waited for their turn to play.
" Ling Yi, why do you want us to admit defeat? You have to give us a reason!" Zirui asked, her eyes shining as she looked at the arena.
"No, you think Combat these little karami is interesting?"
" Combat knows no distinction between strong and weak; Combat is all about enjoyment."
Is this really that melodramatic?
Ling Yi looked at Ziying: "What happened to your sister?"
My sister is sick!
"Hey, I'm listening! How can you talk about your sister like that?" Zirui said, dissatisfied.
"They're sick; they'll die if they don't fight."
"She was a pure and simple violent girl who loved fighting since she was little. When no one at school would fight her, she would run out on her own and fight monsters in the wild."
"From the age of ten, she would go into the wild alone to hunt monsters, but even without awakening her powers or gaining experience points, she couldn't level up."
"I almost died outside several times."
Ling Yi glanced at Zirui. This woman, is she really this violent? He never would have guessed!
"Then I'll give you a really tough one later, so you can have a good fight."
"Who are you going to fight?"
Ling Yi directly shared the Red Name Special Effect with the three girls.
"Those with red names are all enemies!"
"What's going on?" White Moon asked, frowning.
" The Church of Darkness!"
"You mean to say that all these red-named individuals are members of the Church of Darkness? Holy crap, then this isn't Professional Academy, it's the Church of Darkness itself!"
"Sister, you're a girl, please speak more politely."
Zirui ignored her and instead scanned the surrounding red-named targets, seemingly deciding who to target first.
" The Professional Academy is the Church of Darkness? This is too outrageous." White Moon said in disbelief.
"You should know that the top mercenary guilds, Professional Guild, and the strongest members of the Awakening Bureau almost all come from the Professional Academy."
"Doesn't that mean..." At this point, she suddenly thought of her father.
It seems he also came from the Professional Academy, which is why his father's strength is much greater than that of other professionals of the same level.
However, the father's behavior was quite in line with the style of the Church of Darkness.
" The Professional Academy used to have some cooperation with the Church of Darkness, Later it was gradually infiltrated, which led to its current state."
"The specifics don't matter, just take out all the red-named players."
"What's with this red name?" Ziying asked.
"Anyone who harbors murderous intent towards us will be marked as having a red name."
"So, after all that trouble, we've come here only to walk Luowang?"
Ling Yi shook his head. "You should rephrase it, like 'penetrating deep into the enemy's lair, striking directly at Huanglong, delivering a fatal blow, and uprooting it completely,' or something like that."
"That makes sense!"
"I remember the Professional Academy changed its principal ten years ago, right? Could it be that the Professional Academy had already turned into Church of Darkness ten years ago?"
"That's possible, but it's also possible that the headmaster of the Professional Academy has defected to the Church of Darkness Church of Darkness and is willing to be its Gouzi!"
"That's unlikely!" Ziying shook her head.
"I've already said, there's no point in discussing this, let's stop here."
"Are you really going to kill him?" White Moon had only ever killed monsters; she had never attacked a human before.
"It's alright. If you can't get over that mental hurdle, then don't make a move!" Ling Yi said.
"I won't hold anyone back!"
By this time, all thirty-six groups of contestants on the stage had finished their matches.
These guys are really ruthless; some of them were even seriously injured.
This shows how fierce the competition was in the tournament.
After all, this is the final assessment, and most people don't want to miss the opportunity to enter the Professional Academy.
We're about to move on to the second round.
The One-Eye Situ Cheng was still hosting the tournament.
He is currently in a red-name state.
In this matchup, the third pair is Bai Yunhai and White Moon.
"This... was it intentional?" Ziying frowned.
" Bai Yunhai is a red-named user!"
"So, this kid is also a member of the Church of Darkness?"
"This was intentional; they're in cahoots."
Should I go to the competition?
Ling Yi shook his head. "Just admit defeat, that kid has no good intentions!"
"But admitting defeat is just too unpleasant!" Zirui shook her head.
A person who loves to Combat is bound to be extremely competitive; in Zirui's eyes, admitting defeat is simply a disgrace.
But she also knew that there was something wrong with these people with red names, so she could only feel annoyed.
"How do we admit defeat?" White Moon asked again. This thing—are we raising the white flag?
"Just ignore it and pretend you didn't hear it."
In the third round of the competition, Zirui and Ziying appeared, and their opponents were also two players with red names.
This demonstrates the extent to which the Church of Darkness has infiltrated.
In the seventh and eighth rounds, the numbers Zirui, Ziying, and White Moon reappeared.
Their opponents, however, remained red-named.
Logically speaking, admitting defeat is already considered elimination.
But their numbers kept repeating themselves.
"Damn it, even a fool could see something's wrong. Ling Yi, let me go up and take care of this little trash. He's only level 10, Little Karami. I can crush him in one hit." Zirui couldn't hold back anymore.
"Their strength may not be great, but don't forget, there are game items in this world, and besides game items, there are also technological weapons."
These players with red names not only possess high-explosive defensive abilities, but in reality, Ling Yi could easily ensure their safety by simply casting a shield on them.
The key point is, it's unnecessary!
In the tenth round, Ling Yi's number finally appeared.